Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So within the 2025-2026, 2026-2027, so the reductions include voluntary holding non-essential positions vacant, reductions in non-clinical travel, and non-clinical training, and other O&M expenses, reduction of non-essential overtime, any standby and callback for non-essential, and redirecting any unused funding to other priorities within NTHSSA. Within 2025-2026, NTHSSA worked closely with the Department of Health and Social Services to ensure one-time funding received for chronically underfunded programs, which included underfunding costs related to laboratory and diagnostic imaging, underfunding costs to medical travel program, underfunding costs to COVID-19 vaccine and chemotherapy drugs, underfunding costs for foster care. And the NTHSSA continues to look at the financial sustainability of medical travel and adult out of territory services as well as other programs. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Lesa Semmler on Question 1175-20(1): Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority Spending
In the Legislative Assembly on March 5th, 2026. See this statement in context.
Question 1175-20(1): Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority Spending
Oral Questions
March 5th, 2026
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